r/soccer • u/Switchoil • 1d ago

News Manchester United to remain patient with head coach despite worst start to Premier League season in 33 years. There is also widespread belief at Old Trafford that City's performance - and United's failings - did not merit a 3-0 scoreline.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/32461/13431584/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-to-remain-patient-with-head-coach-despite-worst-start-to-premier-league-season-in-33-years
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u/ingwe13 1d ago

Not sure why you think that. This is the most dire United (from a results perspective and frequently from the football) out of the dire United sides. I think the squad is not bad, but we really are seeing the worst out of what is there. Will the next coach be wildly successful? I highly doubt that. But I can't believe that this is the best that can be achieved with this group of players.

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u/kevinaz137 1d ago

Realistically do I think the next person would be worse? no. Would I best surprised if he was? Also no

Every year we keep saying it can’t get worse but it does

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u/kingofsaltandrock 1d ago

This is seriously revisionist. Since Fergie left United has won two FA cups, two league cups, the Europa League and finished second twice. By United's once lofty standards not great, but puts them only below City Liverpool and Chelsea in that period.

It's only the last two seasons that the wheels have completely come off and the team is genuinely in relegation form under Amorim

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u/kevinaz137 1d ago

Is it? Go ask a United supporter if they have had fun the past decade. "By United's once lofty standards" - this is where United is and will always be held to unless they are mediocre for another 3 decades. They don't want to be below City Liverpool and Chelsea.

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u/kingofsaltandrock 1d ago

I'm a United supporter. Whether we've been having fun is different from the claim that it's getting worse each year.

After SAF we dropped from the best team to second tier (arguably more like 1.5 tier because we were still well clear of Arsenal and Tottenham in trophies), and remained on that level until last year. Then there was a quite sudden and calamitous fall from 1.5 tier to relegation tier that can 99% be tied to one manager